the whole, i.e. organizational
needs, andthe parts,
be they large (functions) or small (teams or individuals). You must
require that your individual players forgo the quest for personal
best in concert with the group effort.

Keep the team small.Increased functional diversity on
the teams does not necessarily increase
innovation. Social cohesion between the members of a team
can suppress the exchange of views, since cohesive groups focus
on maintaining relationships and seeking concurrence. Cut back
on number of functional areas represented on the team, so as
help the team crystallize its identity...
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Exploit diversity.The team can't just be diverse;
it has to make the most of it. The best teams credit
their creative breakthroughs to challenging people from
different disciplines,
cultures,
and the like to come up with something better together...
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"Integrated diversity" is a term
used by →Jack Welch, the legendary former →CEO of
GE, to define a
synergistic learning culture. He described
"integrated diversity" as the
elimination of boundaries between businesses and the transferring of
ideas from one place in the company to another. "Integrated diversity means
the drawing together of our different businesses by sharing ideas,
by finding multiple applications for technological advancements, and by
moving people across businesses to provide fresh perspectives and to develop
broad-based experience. Integrated diversity gives us a company that is
considerably →greater than the sum of its parts."4...
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The
goal of Integral Yoga, and the
birthright of every individual, is to realize the spiritual unity behind all
the diversity in the entire creation and to live harmoniously as members of
one universal family...
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